CHECK, CHECK, CHECK

Kick off 2023 with the best full body health exam at Executive Health

YOU’VE stopped the rich foods and stemmed the heavy drinking, but the hangover from the festive period is probably still apparent.

Despite the extra few days in the gym, or running along the beachfront, it’s incredibly hard to shift the calories when you hit middle age. And when the dreaded ‘cuesta de Enero’ (or January slope), as the Spanish call it, starts kicking in it’s not hard to become something of a hypochondriac. The good news is, it’s probably mostly in the mind, but to really be certain perhaps it’s finally time to take a full body medical check up.

The most comprehensive way to do this is with Executive Health, in Marbella, which offers a detailed full screening, giving you the perfect bird’s eye view to your overall health. Over the course of a morning you’ll get a detailed MRI exam of the pelvis, abdomen and thorax, as well as a clinical study of your heart, lungs, bones, tissues, blood, urine and stools.

As specialist Dr Henrik Reinhard, explains: “We will quickly spot any abnormalities, including damaged tissues, inflammation, infection and most importantly any cancerous growths.”

The Dane, 47, who has been

What is an MRI scan?

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) combines a powerful mag netic field with radio frequen cies to create detailed images of all your internal body structures with the aid of a sophis ticated computing system.

based on the Costa del Sol for a decade, advises these detailed checks every five years for anyone over 40, and, ideally, once a year for cancer. Most of the results will come back almost immediately, with a few the following week, including the results of your blood, urine and stools.

The Danish doctor is great at advising on quick and easy ways to improve your health and strongly advocates the benefits of a vegan, plantbased, wholefood diet.

“A mostly non-meat diet is the best solution for many health issues, particularly digestive and stomach complaints,” he tells the Olive Press, adding that almost half the population are at risk of cardiovascular disease.

Best of all, such a diet is a great way to reverse ‘atherosclerosis’, the dangerous calcification of the arteries leading to cardiac arrests and heart attacks.

Other tips he suggests are ditching poultry which increases the risk of pancreatic cancer by a shocking 72%, while pork

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Executive Health’s full body check up costs €1,695, with a very special 10% dis- count for Olive Press readers.

“I am sure many read- ers have not been getting their regular checks at the local hospital,” explains Henrik. “It is often hard to organise, but please don’t ignore your health. We do the same checks and a lot, lot more.” is slightly better for you than lamb and beef.

He is also happy to recommend a glass or two of wine per night, ‘as long as there are also a couple of days of abstinence a week’.

For more information, visit www.executivehealth.es or email info@executivehealth.es